Rights, Independence, & the Cold War
After World War II, these movements weakened European colonial empires.
What are nationalism and independence movements?
Nonviolent refusal to obey an unjust law.
What is civil disobedience?
Independence movements challenged colonial ______.
What is empire?
Civil disobedience drew public attention to this.
What is injustice?
This federal-state health program assists eligible low-income people.
What is Medicaid?
In the United States, this movement depended heavily on local organizing and mass protest.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Political organizing that begins with ordinary people at the local level.
What is grassroots activism?
Grassroots groups demanded greater political ______.
What is representation?
Nonviolent protest could mobilize supporters and pressure governments to do this.
What is change laws or policies?
This term describes large-scale unrest connected to racial injustice and conflict.
What is a racial uprising?
Civil rights activism broadened to include groups such as these Americans connected to Spanish-speaking heritage.
Who are Hispanic Americans?
A federal health-insurance program primarily serving older adults and some people with disabilities.
What is Medicare?
Medicare and ______ expanded federal social policy.
What is Medicaid?
Local organizers, churches, students, and families strengthened the Civil Rights Movement through boycotts, marches, and these campaigns.
What are voter-registration drives?
This term generally refers to people or cultures connected to Spanish-speaking countries or heritage.
What is Hispanic?
This war divided the United States and contributed to youth protest and counterculture.
What is the Vietnam War?
A person refusing military service because of deeply held moral or religious beliefs.
What is a conscientious objector?
Some young men attempted to ______ military service during the Vietnam era.
What is defer?
The Vietnam War and the draft increased protest and strengthened this youth movement.
What is the counterculture?
The process of colonies becoming independent from imperial powers is called this.
What is decolonization?
The voting age was lowered to 18 through this constitutional amendment.
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
A movement emphasizing Black pride, political power, economic independence, and self-determination.
What is Black Power?
A growing ______ challenged mainstream American values during the Vietnam era.
What is counterculture?
Vietnam-era political activism helped build support for this expansion of voting rights.
What is lowering the voting age to 18?
This amendment was ratified in 1971 and dramatically expanded youth voting rights.
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?